The Human Resources Strategic Assessment Program (HRSAP), Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), conducts both Web-based and paper-and-pencil surveys to support the personnel information needs of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness [USD(P&R)]. These surveys assess the attitudes and opinions of the entire Department of Defense (DoD) community on a wide range of personnel issues. A Web-based survey program with postal- and e-mail notification, known as the Status of Forces Surveys (SOFS), provides data several times per year on active-duty and Reserve component members and DoD civilian employees. Paper-and-pencil surveys with postal- and e-mail notification are used to obtain data on sensitive topics (e.g., sexual harassment) and from populations who may have limited Internet access (e.g., spouses of active and Reserve members). The 2006 Survey of Reserve Component Spouses (2006 RCSS) utilized both modes of administration the Web as well as paper-and-pen and was designed to assess the attitudes and opinions of Reserve Component spouses on a wide-range of quality of life issues, including demographic information, marital history, employment status, feelings about military life, use of military programs and services, and number and age of children or other legal dependents. This report documents how the survey was fielded and the creation of reporting variables.

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